Cybersecurity
DHS rethinks privacy in cyber analytics
The Department of Homeland Security's Privacy Office offers recommendations for basic privacy best practices for in cybersecurity software that uses analytics to track malicious activity on computer networks.
Cybersecurity
DHS Chief Promises to Expand Social Media Screening, Plans 'Aggressive' Rollout of Cyber Protections
Johnson talked social media, biometrics and cybersecurity at his annual State of Homeland Security address.
Cybersecurity
No slack in reforms as DHS chief's tenure winds down
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said he won't slack off on cybersecurity and management reforms at his agency in his last year on the job.
Cybersecurity
The Black Market for Netflix Accounts
Hackers are stealing Netflix passwords and selling them for mere cents on the Dark Web.
Cybersecurity
White House defends Einstein firewall
A Government Accountability Office audit found flaws in the Einstein intrusion-detection system, but White House cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel defended the program.
Cybersecurity
Hurd sees promise in revolving IT fund but wants agencies to carry the ball
Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) welcomed the administration's cybersecurity budget and IT modernization efforts but said it is up to agencies to make the most of them.
Cybersecurity
Labor misses deadline to bid cyber contract, re-ups with Accenture
According to contracting documents, the Labor Department needs Accenture to maintain its cyber defenses in the midst of the ongoing governmentwide cybersecurity sprint.
Cybersecurity
Crooks Tricked This IRS System into Providing False IDs
The malware successfully obtained 101,000 PINs last month.
Cybersecurity
IRS targeted in bot attack
Using stolen Social Security numbers, hackers attempted to generate hundreds of thousands of e-filing PINs.
Digital Government
8 Things to Look For in the 2017 IT Budget
The budget seeks substantial budget increases to shore up cybersecurity and a new approach to modernizing IT systems.
Cybersecurity
Intel officials dwell on encryption as a potential security problem
FBI Director James Comey and other senior intelligence leaders told Congress that the use of encrypted communications by terrorists and other adversaries remains a problem for investigators.
Cybersecurity
New bill seeks to preempt state encryption rules
Two lawmakers want to head off efforts by states to write their own rules when it comes to encryption and law enforcement.
Cybersecurity
Justice, DHS Probe Hack Allegedly Made Possible By DOJ Help Desk
A hacktivist claims a help desk aided his intrusion into a computer containing contact information on some 9,000 DHS personnel and 20,000 FBI employees.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon looks to mature Cyber Command with FY17 budget
The Defense Department fiscal 2017 budget request for cyberspace operations is $6.7 billion, a roughly 16 percent increase from fiscal 2016 enacted level.
Cybersecurity
Russia, China continue to pose cyber threat to U.S. networks
Top intelligence officials tell a Senate committee they remain wary of ever-growing cybersecurity risks.
Cybersecurity
Do You Have What It Takes to be the Federal Government’s Chief Information Security Officer?
Officials say they hope to hire and onboard the new infosec chief in the next 60 to 90 days
Cybersecurity
Obama establishes privacy council, cyber commission
Executive orders creating an interagency privacy council and a national commission on cybersecurity kick off President Barack Obama's final year of cyber policymaking.
Cybersecurity
Obama bemoans obsolete tech in budget request
The president put the federal government's portfolio of aging IT systems front and center in his final budget request to Congress.
Cybersecurity
Bureau of Industry and Security seeks CIO
The export control agency, which has had well-documented cybersecurity woes, is now hunting for a top technology official.
Cybersecurity